The momentum is building for the March 19 anti-war actions. In less than two weeks, demonstrations will take place across the country to mark the 8th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. In Boston, we will gather for a rally at Southwest Corridor Park at Ruggles station followed by a march.

Eight years after the U.S. invasion, Iraq remains occupied by tens of
thousands of U.S. soldiers and foreign
mercenaries. The war in Afghanistan rages on. Now, the U.S. government
and its allies are setting their eyes on oil-rich Libya as a potential
next target.

The wars abroad are directly connected to the war on poor and working people at home. Thirty million people in the U.S. remain unemployed or severely underemployed. Unions in Wisconsin, Ohio and elsewhere are fighting to survive. Yet the government will spend $1 trillion for war, occupation and weapons in 2011 alone.

Our communities in Boston, too, are under attack. Mayor Menino's hand-picked School Committee has moved to close seventeen
schools and are pushing additional cutbacks. Police brutality and racial profiling continue to plague Black and Latino
neighborhoods, yet 7 out of the 10 highest paid city employees are Boston
police officers. More than $30 million were spent to build a state-of-the-art police station in Roxbury.

Gov. Patrick is trying to bring the anti-immigrant law enforcement
program “Secure Communities” program to Massachusetts, and gentrification
continues to push working families out of communities like Jamaica
Plain.

It doesn’t have to be this way! From Egypt and Tunisia to Wisconsin and Ohio, people are fighting back. Now more than ever it is
clear that our movement must stay in the streets. Join us on March 19th
for a rally and march to say "From Boston to Baghdad: End the
Occupation! Fight for Jobs and Education! Say 'No' to Racism!"